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Round Trip Inventor: Burt Rutan Availability: Sorry, it's one of a kind To Learn More: globalflyer.com The nonstop, nonrefueling solo flight around the world is the last great milestone in the history of aviation. Or it was. On March 1 the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, designed by Burt Rutan (who also designed the first civilian spacecraft, SpaceShipOne), took off from an airfield in a small town in Kansas; 67 hr. 2 min. 38 sec. and 23,000 miles later, the aviation world had reached another milestone. GlobalFlyer is so light (at takeoff, its weight is 83% fuel) and so aerodynamic...
...Before the mass signings, there were the momentous innings. In his colossal autobiography, Out of My Comfort Zone (Viking; 801 pages), Waugh takes us back to the boyhood play that made them possible. Like the young Bradman, he devised a simple solo game that soldered into his technique the basics of watching the ball and a straight bat. Like Ian and Greg Chappell, he had a brother who loved cricket as much as he did, and together they played till dark on all manner of surfaces, ever desperate to outdo each other. Both Steve and Mark Waugh became players...
...Balkema was credited with two sacks for a combined loss of 34 yards. Against the run, he forced two fumbles, the recovery of one of which led to a Crimson touchdown. He returned an interception eight yards for a touchdown, and he had three tackles on the day, two solo. A FEW GOOD PLAYS Harvard couldn’t manage to blank Columbia—a shutout would have been the widest margin in a Crimson victory since 1973. The Lions offense congealed sufficiently well for a moment in the second half to put points on the board. With...
...eventual winners Antony and the Johnsons.The Go! Team’s current success is testament to the power of word of mouth that propelled a British group with a magnetic live show and hip sound to stardom across the Atlantic.FROM BEDROOM TO STARDOMThe Go! Team began as the solo project of guitarist Ian Parton, who stitched together a collage of pop, hip-hop, and Sesame Street samples on vintage equipment in his bedroom in Brighton, England. Parton brought in a few local musicians to supplement his playing on his debut 2002 EP, released on the tiny Pickled Egg Records...
...latest CD, Babaloo International, with an 18+ alternative rock concert, partying, and dancing. Also featuring Pressure Cooker and Lady Enchantress. The Middle East Downstairs. 8 p.m. Tickets available at The Middle East box office or from Ticketmaster, (617) 931-2000, $15 general admission including free CD. (ABW)Balafonist Neba Solo. Harvard’s African Initiative present the Mali-based musician and his troupe. Called “the genius of the balafon,” Souleymane Traoré, aka Neba Solo, plays his xylophone-like instrument. Loker Commons. 3 p.m. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office...